For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
 1. “Affiliate” means the same as defined in section 423.1.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 423C.2

  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Owner: means any of the following:
     a. See Iowa Code 425A.2
  • Person: means any individual, firm, association, partnership, joint stock company, joint adventure, corporation, trustee, agency, or receiver, or any legal representative of any of the foregoing. See Iowa Code 453A.42
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Use: means the exercise of any right or power incidental to the ownership of tobacco products. See Iowa Code 453A.42
 2. “Automobile” means a motor vehicle subject to registration in any state designed primarily for carrying nine passengers or less, excluding motorcycles and motorized bicycles.
 3. “Automobile provider” means any of the following:

 a. A person or any affiliate of a person that owns or controls an automobile and makes the automobile available for rent through the person or any affiliate, or through any other person.
 b. A person or any affiliate of a person who possesses or acquires a right or interest in any automobile with an intent to rent the automobile to another person, or through any other person.
 4. “Department” means the department of revenue.
 5. “Facilitate” or “facilitation” includes brokering, coordinating, or in any way arranging for the rental of automobiles by users.
 6. “Facilitation fee” means any consideration, by whatever name called, that a person charges to a user for facilitating the user’s rental of an automobile. “Facilitation fee” does not include any commission an automobile provider pays to a person for facilitating the rental of an automobile.
 7. “Host” means the registered owner of an automobile made available for sharing through a peer-to-peer automobile sharing marketplace.
 8. “Person” means person as defined in section 423.1.
 9. “Rental”, “renting”, or “rent” means a transfer of the use, control, or possession or right to use, control, or possession of an automobile to a user for consideration for a period of sixty days or less.
 10. “Rental price” means the same as “sales price” as defined in section 423.1, which term includes but is not limited to facilitation fees, reservation fees, services fees, nonrefundable deposits, and any other direct or indirect charge made or consideration provided in connection with the renting or facilitation of renting an automobile.
 11. “User” means a person to whom an automobile is rented.
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